Git - reset/delete commit history of your repository

Reset-Git-Repository.md

Challenge

Delete all commits and keep the code in its current state.

Solution

# Check out to a temporary branch:
git checkout --orphan TEMP_BRANCH

# Add all the files:
git add -A

# Commit the changes:
git commit -am "[INIT] Initial commit"

# Delete the old branch:
git branch -D main

# Rename the temporary branch to main:
git branch -m main

# Finally, force update to our repository:
git push -f origin main